My MAC has gotten very slow. Pages load slowly. How do I fix this?

My MAC has gotten very slow. Pages load slowly. Multi colored disc appears on screen at times. (like the hour glass on PC's) Anyone know how to spped it up like it was new? , at times not at all.

Examine this comprehensive trouble shooting article:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3521
Usually the Hard Disk Drive is the problem area.
Ciao.

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